The Deseret News and The Blaze both talk about UT Governor Herbert essentially saying that the State Forrester has presumably temporary authority to restrict target shooting in unincorporated areas of Utah.
The usual suspects then fade into the foreground and spout their usual lines of diatribe.
While I have not read the full table of comments for the stories, I do notice from the ones I have read that there are no solutions being offered.
Problem: People are going out into the boonies, where there is fire danger, to shoot their guns. Reaction: stop them from shooting at an official level.
How about Solution: Provide more places for shooting to be done that are convenient and safe.
When I was growing up, there were a significant number of places to go shoot, and several of them were official ranges. But thanks to growth, most of these places have been overrun by development. Now there are only a very few that are both safe and convenient. The convenient ones are all out in the fire-danger scrub. The safe ones are not convenient, and often too expensive because not enough people go to profitably support minimal upkeep.
Common sense? I'm all for it. Only vehicles without those fire-causing catalytic converters may be allowed on unimproved surfaces. Just let me go get my dirt bike.
Shooting in a safe and convenient manor? Yes please. So let me build a range where people can go to that is convenient to go to and profitable to manage, or don't complain that I go to the boonies to practice as I choose without your interference.
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